Manuscript notes of lectures by James Gould at the Litchfield Law School, taken in 1817-1825, by William Thomas Carroll and Charles H.. Carroll and Notes
Description:
Manuscript in cursive writing and shorthand in black ink (with occasional pencil additions) on laid paper, some ruled. Primarily written on one side of leaf only; some on both sides. Blank leaves between sections and at beginning and end of volumes., Title from spine of bound volumes. Spine title of volume 12: Notes., Set comprises 12 volumes of notes, primarily taken by William Thomas Carroll while a student at the Litchfield Law School from 1823 to 1825, some possibly recopied later. Volumes 1-9 are large volumes in cursive writing bound in gray; volumes 10-11 are smaller volumes in shorthand with cursive captions and citations (volume 10: bound in red, 21 x 16 cm; volume 11: bound in green, 24 x 20 cm). Volume 12 (bound in red, 27 x 22 cm) are notes taken by William's brother, Charles H. Carroll, who was a student at Litchfield in 1817. Autograph on flyleaf of volume 12: C. H. Carroll, Williamsburg, Livingston Co., New-York (original leaf lost, replaced by photocopy). Most volumes include marginal topical headings., Volumes 1-11: Primarily unnumbered leaves, written on one side only (some on both sides). Volume 1: 217 numbered pages, followed by 6 unnumbered leaves. Volume 10-11: Sections continuous, without page breaks. Volume 12: Pages 324-379, leaves 380-604., Titles of sections from captions., Volume 1 contains a typrewritten explanation by Helen Newman, former law librarian, dated November 19, 1933, detailing her investigation of the history of the set., First section of volume 9, untitled, is on different sized paper (26 x 21 cm) and is written in a less finished hand. It deals largely with contracts. The last section, also untitled, deals with criminal law., William Carroll attended the Litchfield Law School from 1823 to 1825. He and William Cranch were the first two professors of law at the Columbian College (later George Washington University) when law classes began in 1826. He later served as Clerk of the Supreme Court from 1827-1863. William's brother, Charles H. Carroll, was a student at Litchfield in 1817. He was a New York politician and member of Congress from 1843 to 1847., Also available in original print https://wrlc-gwalaw.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01WRLC_GWALAW/1m2cbh6/alma991001012349704112, Digital reproduction. Bethlehem, PA : Backstage Library Works, 2022 KF273 .C37 1817., and Description based on print version record.
Publisher:
William Thomas Carroll, Charles H. Carroll
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Litchfield., and United States.
Subject (Name):
Litchfield Law School and Columbian University. Law School.
Subject (Topic):
Students, Law students, Law, and Study and teaching
Title in letterpress above image., A broadside with the title in letterpress above an engraving of a ship with a large blank space below., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Annotated with nominations for offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and senators for Massachusetts., and Blank space below image with mss. list of candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Senators for the 1811 election in Massachusetts.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts., United States, Great Britain., Great Britain, United States., and Massachusetts
Subject (Topic):
Nominations for office, Embargo, 1807-1809, Commerce, Politics and government, and Sailing ships
Autograph letter, in Arabic Maghrabi script, conveying a greeting to Major John Owen in Raleigh, and consisting chiefly of quotations from the Qur'an and from treatises on Arabic grammar. Quotations from the Qur'an include: Sūrat al-Najm (21-23); Sūrat al-Masad (1-2); Sūrat al-Baqarah (285-286); Sūrat Fuṣṣilat (46); Sūrat 'Abasa (34-37); Sūrat al-Infiṭār (19); Sūrat al-Nabaʼ (40); Sūrat al-Mulk (1-13). Quotations from grammatical treatises include verses from Mulḥat al-iʻrāb (Ḥarīrī) and Alfīyat Ibn Mālik (Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh). In the center of the first page, a geometric drawing encloses the Arabic text "Shaykh General Jim Owen," along with two unidentified words. In addition to the text relating to John and James Owen and the quotations, Said expresses a wish to see a place [Kaba?] in Africa and With cover letter, in English, from John Louis Taylor, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, dated Raleigh, North Carolina, 1819 October 10, to Francis Scott Key, George Town [Washington, DC]. Taylor describes Said's history and relationship with his owner James Owen, and requests Key's assistance in obtaining a translation of the enclosed manuscript. He also asks for Key's advice in obtaining an Arabic Bible for Said, and discusses his hope that Said could be persuaded to return to Africa with "the Colonization Society," likely the American Colonization Society, of which both Taylor and Key were members
Description:
Omar ibn Said, also known as Moro or Moreau, was a West African Muslim born and educated in the Futa Toro region on the Senegal River. He was sold into slavery in approximately 1807 and transported to the United States. From approximately 1810 until the end of his life, Said was owned by politician James Owen of Bladen County, North Carolina, brother of North Carolina Governor John Owen., In Arabic., Notes on Taylor letter: "Letter from Judge Taylor - enclosing an Arabic Amulet" ; "Judge Taylor's letter and mss to be sent to Dr Stuart, Andover" ; "To the Library of the Theol. Seminary from M. Stuart, 22 April 1837." Moses Stuart was Professor of Biblical Studies at Andover Theological Seminary from 1810 to 1848., Accompanied by a copy of The Missionary Herald (Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, April 1869) which includes an article, in English, "Arabic-Speaking Negro Mohammedans in Africa," by George E. Post, that discusses Said's manuscript, Taylor's letter, and subsequent events and writings by Said., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
North Carolina., Africa., North Carolina, Cape Fear River Region., United States., Cape Fear River Region (N.C.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843., Owen, James, 1784-1865., Owen, John, 1787-1841., Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863., Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829., and American Colonization Society.
Subject (Topic):
African American Muslims, African Americans, Colonization, Arabic language, Grammar, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslaved persons' writings, American, and Race relations
Papers include typescript carbon film treatment for "Love Story," by John Fante and Norman Foster (August 8, 1941); treatment (August 7, 1941) and shooting script (September 17, 1941) for "My Friend Bonito" by Norman Foster and John Fante; report with treatment of "Carnaval" subject by Orson Welles (June 22, 1942); and connecting scene treatments (September 2, 1943) and scene breakdowns (September 14, 1943) for "Its All True" by Orson Welles. Additional documents include a typescript list of members of the RKO company involved in the production of It's All True, noting their travel dates to Brazil, passport information and military draft status (1942); Mercury Productions, Inc. contracts with Louis Armstrong (October 2, 1941) and Hazel Scott as performers in the film (October 2, 1941); and Mercury Productions, Inc. contract with Dante Orgolini as "coach and advisor" on the film (December 31, 1941).
Description:
It's All True was a film project undertaken by Orson Welles and Mercury Productions, Inc. for RKO Pictures in 1941. The film was initially conceived by Welles to consist of four medium-length films based on true stories, including a short history of jazz. His appointment as goodwill ambassador to Latin America and head of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs later in 1941 resulted in his focusing his multi-story project on Latin American subjects, some of which had been part of the initial project. Welles shot segments of the film before RKO terminated the project, and his subsequent attempts to complete the film were unsuccessful. and In English.
Oval toned plaster plaque reproducing in low relief an engraved portrait of African American poet Phillis Wheatley used as the frontispiece of Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (London: Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Aldgate; and sold by Messrs. Cox and Berry, King-Street, Boston, 1773). The engraving was made after a portrait attributed to African American slave and artist Scipio Moorhead. As in the engraving, the words "Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston" appear around the perimeter of the plaque. It is not signed or dated; the attribution to Meta Warrick Fuller was made by Grace Nail Johnson, sister-in-law of the donor
Description:
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968), African American sculptor, painter, and poet who lived and worked in Paris and Philadelphia in the early twentieth century., Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), African American poet in Boston, Massachusetts., Lettering in English., and Title from lettering on plaque.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968. and Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
Subject (Topic):
African American sculptors, African American women poets, Poets, American, and Sculptors
A cartoon with two scenes. First, an older woman leaves the butcher shop with many packages, while a second woman buys only one meat chop. Later, each woman leaves the shop with ration book in hand, smiling and carrying the same amount of meat for roasting
Description:
Title from item., Publisher and date from item., In margin lower left: U. S. Government Printing Office : 1943-O-523856., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Also available as digitized image via the World Wide Web.
Publisher:
Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C. and U.S. Government Printing Office
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
Rationing, World War, 1939-1945, Food supply, Ration books, Butcher shops, Butchers, and Shopping
A cartoon with two scenes. First, an older woman leaves the grocery store with a case of cans of food, while a second woman gestures at the upset grocer. The shelves behind him are almost empty. In the second scene, the smiling grocer hands each a can and the shelves behind him are fully stocked
Description:
Title from item., Publisher and date from item., In margin lower left: U. S. Government Printing Office : 1943-O-514175., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C. and U.S. Government Printing Office
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
Rationing, World War, 1939-1945, Food supply, Ration books, Grocery stores, Grocers, and Shopping
The work documents the travels of Maximilian Prinz zu Wied and Karl Bodmer, primarily in the Missouri River Valley, 1832-1834, with descriptions and depictions of the Indigenous people of the region, including the Mandan, Hidatsa, Assiniboine, Dakota, and Cree
Alternative Title:
Title of volume 3, on printed wrappers
Description:
BEIN ZZc20 839wi copy 1: Plates are colored., BEIN ZZc20 839wi copy 2: Plates are uncolored. Bookplate: From the library of Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, 1863-1935, Chicago. Acquired with: Wied, Maximilian. ALS to [Samuel G. Morton]. Neuwied : 1841 Feb. 20. 2 L., and a transcript in an unidentified hand, 2 L. (WA MSS S-2144;W634)., BEIN 2003 Folio 86: Unbound sheets; plates are uncolored. With 8 original printed wrappers for text, for Hefts 3-4, 5, 6-7, 12-13, 14, 15-17, 18, 19-20; Heft numbers written on wrappers in ms. All plates (both Kupfern and Vignetten) unbound in 10 original printed wrappers for Hefts 1-2, 3-4, 5, 6-7, 8-11, 12-13, 14, 15-17, 18, 19-20; Heft numbers written on wrappers in ms.; number of plates in each wrapper also written in ms.; printed title on wrappers is: Kupfer zu Prinz Maximilians von Wied Reise durch Nord-Amerika. Bookplate of Paul Mellon., Includes 81 plates, largely in aquatint, after drawings by Karl Bodmer, each bearing his blind stamp. Vignettes I-XXXIII are bound in with the text; tableaux 1-48 are bound in the third (atlas) volume, along with the folding map., "Verzeichniss der resp. Herren Subscribenten"--Volume 2, pages [v]-xvi., "Sprachproben verschiedener Völkerstämme des nord-westlichen Americas"--Volume 2, pages [455]-653., Includes bibliographical references., and BAC Folio B 2023 4: Plates are hand-colored. Includes the plan of Fort Clark, the table of temperatures at the fort, the folding map showing the route of the expedition, and the key plate to tab. 21 (all often lacking). From the library of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, with his ink stamp. Bound in contemporary black quarter calf and black cloth, with the original printed wrappers of volume 3 (the atlas volume) bound in.
Publisher:
Bei J. Hoelscher and Gedruckt bei Dubois und Werle
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Missouri River Valey, Great Plains., Missouri River Valley., and United States.
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Mandan Indians, Hidatsa Indians, Assiniboine Indians, Dakota Indians, Cree Indians, Indians of North America, Languages, and Natural history
National Conference on Equal Opportunity in Housing: Challenge to American Communities, (1963
Published / Created:
1963?]
Call Number:
E185.89 H6 N37 (LC)+ Oversize
Image Count:
72
Description:
Cover title: Equal opportunity in housing; challenge to American communities. and "Sponsored by the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing."
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Housing, and Discrimination in housing
Cooper, Fred G. (Frederic Gross), 1883-1962, artist
Published / Created:
[1917]
Call Number:
Poster0524
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and publisher from item., Date from Library of Congress., Poster is text only., In lower margin: No. 2 ; U.S. Food Administration ; The W. F. Powers Co. Litho, N. Y., Text continues: 1. Wheat / use more corn 2. Meat / use more fish & beans 3. Fats / use just enough 4. Sugar / use syrups., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
U. S. Food Administration and W. F. Powers Co. Litho, N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
World War, 1914-1918, Economic aspects, War work, Food supply, Nutrition, Food conservation, and Food habits
